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School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

Location:
Rathpeak, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Ceit
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. What turns without moving?
    A. Milk turning sour.
    Q. What is a horse's shoe like?
    A. It it is like the other one.
    Q. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire?
    A. A cake in the oven.
    Q. As I went out a slobbery gap I met my auntie Joanie, she had timber toes and an iron nose and upon my word she would frighten the crows.
    A. A gun.
    Q. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, it can climb the church over steeple and all.
    A. The sun.
    Q. I had a roomful and I couldn't take a spoonful.
    A. Smoke.
    Q. It is all plain and never sick.
    A. A window.
    Q. As I looked out the window I saw the dead carry the live.
    A. A person on a bicycle.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Ros Comáin
    Informant
    Patrick Joseph Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Ros Comáin